Drought Pits Farms Against Towns and Industry in Scramble for Water in West

In Arizona, dead fish lie in the dry bed of a reservoir. To the north, a small Utah town could run out of water in months. And in Colorado, a rancher has sold a fifth of her herd as stock ponds stand empty. The American West faces an acute water crisis as drought intensifies competition between farms, towns, and industry for dwindling water supplies.